Donald Gordon Holtgrieve

curriculum vitae
Personal Data - Educational Background - Professional Experience - Administrative Experience - Publications - Publications in Progress - Awards and Grants - Credentials - Offices - Recent Professional Presentations - Public Service - University Level Classes Taught - Consulting Reports and Projects

 

 PERSONAL DATA 

Professor of Geography and Planning
California State University, Chico
400 West 1st Street
Chico, California
95929-0425

530-898-5780
Fax: 530-898-6781 

e-mail: dholtgrieve@csuchico.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 

  • 1972 Ph.D. in Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, Minor in American History
  • 1970 M.A. in Educational Administration with academic major in Geography, California State University, Los Angeles
  • 1964 General Secondary Teaching Credential
  • 1963 B.A. in Social Science and History, San Diego State College, Minor in English 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • 1988-present Professor, Geography and Planning, California State University, Chico
  • 1972-1988 Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, California State University, Hayward
  • 1971-1972 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Oregon 
  • 1964-1970 Teacher and Social Studies Department Chair, Curriculum Coordinator, Abraham Lincoln High School, Los Angeles Unified School District 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 

  • 1996-Present Director, Sacramento River Watershed Planning and Management Program, CSU Chico
  • 1990-Present Principal, Northern California Research and Planning, Forest Ranch, California 
  • 1993-1997 Coordinator, Masterís Degree Program in Rural and Town Planning, and Department Internship Coordinator 
  • 1989-1993 Chair, Department of Geography and Planning, CSU, Chico
  • 1990-1995 Executive Secretary, Butte County Fish and Game Commission
  • 1986-1989 Project Manager, Y.C.S. Investments, San Francisco, California
  • 1973-1986 President, Ecumene Associates, Inc., Hayward, California 

PUBLICATIONS 

  • MapsHistorical Land Cover of the California Central Valley; 1910, 1940,1960, 2000. (with Kent Lundberg, Tracy Love, and Matt Quinn, US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Bureau of Reclamation, August 1999.
  • BookValley For Dreams: Life and Landscape in the Sacramento Valley (with Susan Hardwick), Lanham, MD: Roman and Littlefield, 1996
  • BookGeography For Educators: Concepts, Standards and Themes (with Susan Hardwick), Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995
  • BookCareers In Geography, Association of American Geographers, 1997 (under development by AAG)
  • PosterConcepts, Themes and Standards in Geography, Northern California Planning and Research, 1996
  • Article"Measuring Growth Inducement from Transportation Projects," Working Papers, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1993
  • Membership BrochureóAssociation of Pacific Coast Geographers, 1993
  • Article"Relicts of a Time of Turbulence: Autocamps by the River" (with Susan Hardwick), The Californias, 1991
  • Map"Wineries and Vineyards of California," with Stuart Allan, Raven Maps and Images, 1989, revised 1997
  • Article"Measuring Growth Inducement from Transportation Projects," Working Papers, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1993
  • Book ReviewWorld Geography by Silver Burdett in "The Textbook Letter; A National Report on Schoolbook Affairs," July-August 1992
  • Map"Vineyards and Wineries of the Napa-Sonoma Region," Raven Maps, 1995
  • Article"Relicts of a Time of Turbulence: Autocamps by the River" (with Susan Hardwick), The Californias, 1991
  • TextbookPatterns On Our Planet: Concepts and Themes in Geography (with Susan Hardwick), Macmillan Publishing Co., 1990
  • Article"Concepts in Geography for Implementing the State Social Studies Framework" (with Susan Hardwick), Social Studies Review, Fall 1988 
  • Book ReviewGraphicacy and Geography Teaching by David Boardman (with Susan Hardwick), in Journal of Geography, September 1984
  • Article"Classroom Construction of Relief Models," Geography Bulletin, Journal of the Geography Teacherís Association of New South Wales, Australia, Fall 1981
  • Article"What the California Geography Taught Me," The California Geographer, V 18:26-28, 1980
  • Article"Classroom Construction of Relief Models," The California Geography, V 19:105-107, November 1979
  • Filmstrip Series"Working with Maps," (six slide-tape presentations for junior high school students on map uses and map making), Barr Films, March 1979
  • Special EditionCumulative Index to the California Geographer 1960-1978, California Council for Geographic Education, January 1979
  • Script for three educational films"Visit to the Third Planet," Don Barr Films, Altadina, CA, January 1978
  • BookThe California Wine Atlas, Hayward, California, 1978, 46 pages 
  • Instructorís Manual for Spencer and Thomas, Introducing Cultural Geography, 2nd ed., 1978, 64 pages 
  • Articleó"Social Studies Concept and Mother Earth," Social Studies Review, V 15, 1976
  • National Council for Geographic Education Special PublicationsBibliography Effective Geography Field Trips (with Carol Mathason), August, 1976 
  • Text for the section entitled"Settlement of the Willamette Valley," Atlas of Oregon, University of Oregon, July 1976
  • Book ReviewAmericans and the California Dream, by Kevin Starr in Historical Geography Newsletter, Fall 1975
  • Articleó"Geographic Process in American History," in Journal of Geography, V 75, No. 1, January 1976
  • Article"Frederick Jackson Turner Map Collection, An Annotated Bibliography," Historical Geography Newsletter, V 5, No, 1, Spring 1975
  • BookInstructorís Manual for Thomun and Corbin, The Geography of Economic Activity, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974, 87 pages
  • Article"Frederick Jackson Turner as a Regionalist," The Professional Geographer, VXXVI:159-165, May 1974
  • Book ReviewFreshwater Fish and Fishing in North America, by Erhard Rostland, published in American Currents, Spring 1974
  • Article"Pioneer Commentaries as an Aid to Teaching Historical Geography," Oregon Geographer, V VI:1-4, Fall 1973
  • Article"The Effects of the Railroad on Linn County, Oregon, Town Population Changes," Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, V 35:87-102, 1973
  • Article"Geography of the Vine," Oregon Geographer, V VI:1-25, Spring 1972
  • Maps and Diagrams in The Last Best Hope, by McDonald, Decker and Goven, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1972
  • Article"An Analysis of the Effectiveness of High School Geography Field Trips," Oregon Geographer, V IV:17-20, October 1970 

PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS 

  • BookóZen in the Tidepool: The Life and Thoughts of Edward F. Ricketts, 1998
  • Articleó"An Update on the Status of Environmental Protection in China"
  • TextbookóEnvironmental Planning in the United States

AWARDS, GRANTS, CREDENTIALS AND OFFICES

Awards
  • University Performance Salary Step Increase (PSSI) Award, 1996
  • Certificate of Appreciation, California Geographical Society, 1996
  • CSU Professional Achievement Award, 1995
  • Certificate of Appreciation, National Geographic Society, 1989, 1992
  • California Geographical Society Outstanding Educator Award, 1989
  • California State University, Hayward, Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, 1984-1985
  • Police Officer Certificate of Merit, California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, 1980
  • Service Award, San Leandro Police Department, 1980
Grants 
  • CSU Chico Technology and Learning Program, Supplemental Funding for Geodigital Project 1998, $5,000. Funded.
  • CALFED, Preparation of Management Strategy, Phase I, for Chico Creek Watershed Alliance, 1997, $250,000. Funded.
  • CALFED, Habitat Restoration Projects for Deer Creek, 1997. Pending.
  • Water Quality Control Board (204), Habitat Restoration Projects for Deer Creek Watershed, 1998, $600,000. Pending.
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Property Acquisition for Butte Creek Ecological Preserve and Management, 1997. $83,000. Funded.
  • CALFED, Property Acquisition for Butte Creek Ecological Preserve, 1997, $83,000. Funded.
  • USFW, Management Strategy for Deer Creek, FY 97, $80,000. Funded.
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Education Program for Deer Creek Watershed Conservancy, 1997, $15,000. Funded.
  • Environmental Protection Agency and Sacramento Regional Sanitation District, Information Coordination and Delivery for the Sacramento Watershed Program, Phase IV, Submitted January 1998 for $250,000. Pending.
  • Environmental Protection Agency and The Packard Foundation, Proposal to Provide Coordination and Assistance to New Sacramento River Watershed Groups, submitted in September 1997 for $100,000. Not Funded.
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Watershed Management Strategy, Butte Creek FY 97, June 1997, $160,000. Funded.
  • Regional Water Quality Control Board (319h), Butte Creek Educational Program. April 1997, $43,000. Funded.
  • Wildlife Conservation Board, California Department of Fish and Game, Proposal for Land Acquisition on Butte Creek, January 1998. $100,000. Pending.
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Calif. Salmon Project, Butte Creek, March, 1997 $138,052. Funded. 
  • National Science Foundation, Proposal to Establish Digital Environmental Library for Northeastern California, submitted February 1, 1997 for $5,000,000. Not Funded.
  • CalTrans EEMP Program, Proposal for Butte Creek Restoration as Mitigation for Transportation Projects, $134,985. November 1996. Not funded.
  • Compton Foundation, Proposal to Create Regional Data Center for Environmental Monitoring and Education Projects, submitted October 1996 for $50,000. Not funded.
  • US Bureau of Reclamation, Restoration of State Fish and Game Butte Creek Ecology Area, submitted November 1996 for $50,000. Not Funded
  • California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Educational Program for the Deer Creek Watershed, funded November 1996 for $15,000
  • USEPA, Creation of Regional Data Center for Sacramento River Watershed Planning and Management, submitted 1996 for $100,000. Not Funded.
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Watershed Management Plan for Butte Creek and Deer Creek, funded 1996 for $83,000 and $120,000
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service, two grants for Deer Creek Management Plan and Butte Creek Management Plan, funded 1996 for $160,000 and $160,000
  • California Regional Water Quality Control Board, two grants for Water Quality Education Programs for Deer Creek funded 1996 for $55,000.
  • The Nature Conservancy, An Environmental Analysis of Upper Butte Creek, funded and completed 1995 for $30,000 
  • USEPA, Big Chico Creek Watershed Monitoring, funded 1995 and completed 1996 for $30,000
  • CSUC Provostís Office, Going Geodigital: Using Multimedia Technology to Enhance Collaborative Learning and State and National Connections in a Distance Learning Course, funded 1996 for $10,000
  • Summer Scholarís Grant, field work and conference participation in Nanjing, China, "Sustaining the Masses: Environmental Protection in China," CSUC, funded 1996 for $5000
  • Summer Scholarís Research Award, biography of Edward F. Ricketts, CSUC, completed 1991 for $5,000
  • Japan Foundation Fellowship for Travel and Research in Japan, 1986 for $20,000
Credentials
  • Certificate of Completion, Land Use and Transportation Planning, Lincoln Land Institute, May 1993
  • Certificate in Wetlands Delineation, Wetlands Training Institute, California State University, Chico, 1991
  • Certification in American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), 1989
  • Six various Certificates of Completion in Land Use Planning, and Environmental Impact Assessment, University of California, Davis
  • California State General Secondary Teaching Credential
  • California State School Administration Credential
  • Police Officerís Certificate of Training, California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training 
Offices
  • Professional Development Officer, Sacramento Section of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association, 1991-1995
  • President, California Council for Geographic Education, 1979-1980  

RECENT PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (1990ñ1998 only) 

  • Environment and the Development Process, A Day Long Workshop for Planning Commissioners, Professional Planners and Developers, March 13,1998, Orland CA.
  • General Plan Workshop, A Day Long Workshop for Planning Commissioners, Professional Planners and Developers, January 23, 1998, Arcada CA.
  • "Water Quality in Butte Creek, California" Panel Discussion, Chico High School West, Chico CA, October 30, 1997.
  • "Habitat Restoration Planning on Butte Creek, California" Sustainable Fisheries Foundation, Sustainability Forum, November 30, 1997. Squamish British Columbia, Canada.
  • "Scope of Services from the California State University" at Sustainable Sierra Project Outreach Forum, Chico, CA, 5-29-97.
  • "Using Maps on the Web, the Geodigital Project" College of Behavioral and Social Science Workshop on Student Centered Learning, CSUC, 5-1-97.
  • "Issues and Solutions for Butte Creek" Creeks of Chico Conference, Sacramento River Preservation Trust, Chico, CA, 4-26-97.
  • "Learning with Technology, the Geodigital Project" Technology and Learning Center Conference, CSUC, 4-25-97.
  • "The Role of the Center for Natural Lands Management in Fisheries Conservation," Salmonid Restoration Federation Annual Conference, Redding, CA, February 13, 1977
  • "Facing Multiple Challenges of Watershed Planning and Management," Association of American Geographers, Forth Worth TX, April 1997
  • "Life and Landscape in the Sacramento Valley," Sacramento River Conservancy Fall Convocation, Red Bluff CA, December 1996
  • "Sustaining the Masses: Environmental Issues in China," International Forum, California State University, Chico, December 1996
  • "Advanced Uses of the World Wide Web" (with Brian Oppy), University CELT Conference, September 1996
  • "Results of a Physical Stream Survey on Butte Creek, Butte County, California," Centerville CA, to the Spring-Run Salmon Working Group, November 1995, also to California Geographical Society, May 1996
  • "Results of a Traffic and User Survey for Sierra County, California," Loyalton CA, October 1995
  • California Department of Transportation, "Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act," Sacramento, June 1993
  • Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, "Population and Economic Growth Inducement from Transportation Projects," Annual Meeting, August 1992
  • Association of Environmental Professionals. "Population and Economic Growth Inducement from Transportation Projects," March 1993
  • University Center for Planning and Economic Development, "Land Use and Economic Development," Summer Institute, June 1992
  • APA North Valley Section, "AICP Environments Workshop," March 7, 1992

PUBLIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION 

Active Professional Memberships 
  • Association of American Geographers
  • American Planning Association
  • Association of Environmental professionals
  • National Geographic Society 
  • California Academy of Sciences
  • California Geographical Society
Public Service 1991-Present
  • 1991-1995 Secretary, Butte County Fish and Game Commission
  • 1991-1992 Board of Directors Member and Program Chair, Northern California Geographical Society
  • 1991 Board of Directors Member, Parks and Preserves Foundation
  • 1989-present Reserve Game Warden, California Department of Fish and Game
  • 1991-1995 Advisory Board Member, University Center for Planning and Economic Development 
Professional Service 

On five occasions Holtgrieve served various Geography and Planning Departments as an outside reviewer wherein he visited a campus, reviewed accreditation reports, interviewed involved persons and prepared an evaluation and recommendation report. The campuses were: Northern Arizona University, 1993, Mankado State University, 1994, Fresno State University, 1995, San Jose State University, 1996, and California State University, Los Angeles, 1997. 

UNIVERSITY LEVEL CLASSES TAUGHT 

  • Environmental Planning and Management
  • Water Resources
  • Site Planning
  • Transportation Planning
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Planning Studio
  • Planning Methods
  • Environmental Issues
  • Urban Planning
  • Field Geography
  • Environmental Field Camp
  • Introduction to Planning
  • Introduction to Environmental Studies
  • Biogeography 

CONSULTING REPORTS AND PROJECTS

Published over two hundred Research Reports, Site Development Plans, Environmental Impact Reports, City General Plans, Feasibility Studies, and Habitat Restoration Plans for Cities, Counties, and various State Agencies, such as Caltrans, The State Department of Fish and Game, and the State Lands Commission. Nonprofit organizations worked with include The Nature Conservancy, the Center for Natural Lands Management, and the Parks and Preserves Foundation. Also have served as an expert witness for the State Attorney General's Office, the State Lands Commission, and the City of San Mateo. A list of the most recent projects is included. A list of all projects is available on request. 

List of Recent Consulting Projects 

  • Trails Plan for the City of Red Bluff, California (with Kent Lundburg), In progress.
  • Parcel Map and Development Plan for the Pyle Property in Koncow Calfiornia, January 1998.
  • Wetlands Delineation for the Red Bluff municipal Airport (with Caroline Warner) City of Red Bluff, California, October 1997.
  • General Plan for the City of Colfax, CA (with Kamela Polo), in progress
  • Water quality and bio-assessment monitoring program, Deer Creek Watershed Conservancy, in progress
  • Grazing Management Program, Deer Creek Watershed Conservancy, in progress
  • Existing Conditions Report for the Butte Creek Watershed Conservancy, in progress
  • Revision of the City of Red Bluff Zoning Ordinance, January 1997
  • Habitat Management Plan for Doe Mill Road Nature Preserve for the City of Chico, July 1996
  • Site Location Analysis for Butte County Wetlands Mitigation Bank, for Butte County Fish and Game, June 1996
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Evaluation of Big Chico Creek, CA (with Glen Foley), for California Department Water Resources, May 1996
  • Revised Land Use Element, City of Willows (with William Davis), February 1996
  • Initial Study for City of Corning Sewage Treatment Plant Expansion, March 1996
  • Survey and Analysis of Trailer Parks and Camps in Chico (with Michael Schuller), April 1996
  • Economic Impact Statement, for California Water Project Operations in Trinity County, CA (with David Kelly), in progress
  • Land Use Element for City of Willows General Plan (with William Davis), May 1996
  • Subject Matter Content Outline, for five Staff Workshops, California Department of Transportation, February 1997
  • Visual Preference Survey for City of Corning (with Camilla Blas), June 1996
  • Environmental Impact Report for City of Red Bluff Sewage Treatment Plant Expansion (with Megan Moriarty), August 1996
  • Environmental Impact Assessment for Sewage Treatment Plant Expansion, City of Corning (with Megan Moriarty), October 1996
  • Environmental Impact Report/Impact Statement, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Placer County, North Shore Community Plans (with William Collins), May 1996
  • Revised Housing Element, City of Dunsmuir (with Marne Cottrell), October 1995
  • Survey and Analysis of Trailer Parks and Camps in Chico (with Michael Schaller), April 1996
  • Physical Stream Survey of Butte Creek, Butte County, CA (with Gordon Holtgrieve), for the Nature Conservancy, November 1995
  • Initial Study for General Plan Amendment and Zone Changes, City of Corning, CA, November 1995
  • User Survey for the Gold Lake Road Area, Sierra County, November 1995
  • Revision of the City of Red Bluff Zoning Ordinance, in progress
  • Specific Plan For the Highway 99 Corridor, City of Corning (with Kamela Polo), in progress
  • Land Use Survey for Butte County Agricultural Element (with Kristin Siefert), November 1994
  • Noise Element, City of Red Bluff, June 1993
  • Corning General Plan, City of Corning, April 1994
  • Initial Study for Willow Creek Subdivision, Red Bluff, CA, June 1992
  • Initial Study for Mercy Housing Project, Red Bluff, CA, April 1993
  • Research Report, "Growth Inducement Factors in Transportation Projects," California Department of Transportation, 1993
  • Housing Element of the City of Red Bluff General Plan (with David Burkland), January 1992
  • Research Report Representation of Japan in U.S. Geography Textbooks, National Science Foundation and U.S. Japan Foundation (with Pamela Posey-Gilgert), July 1991
  • Wetland Delination Study of Project Consultants Properties (with Richard Haiman), Chico, CA, June 1991
  • Environmental Initial Study, California State University, Equestrian Center (with Celia McAdam), June 1991
  • Environmental Analysis and Mapping for Coon Street Property, Kings Beach, CA (with Dean Chapla and Ann Teubert), for California Tahoe Conservancy, May 1991
  • Environmental Analysis and Mapping for Sandy Beach Property, North Lake Tahoe (with Dean Chapla and Ann Teubert), for California Tahoe Conservancy, May 1991
  • ïTraffic Analysis for Colusa Industrial Park, Colusa County, CA, for Ecoanalysts, May 1991
  • Wetland Delination Study of Task Consultants Properties (with Douglas Alexander and Kingsly Stern), Chico, CA, May 1991
  • Consultantís Report to Black Butte Irrigation District (with Stewart Mitchell). Orland, CA, May 1991
  • Environmental Analysis for Carnelian Bay Park (with Ann Teubert), California Tahoe Conservancy, April 1991
  • Air Quality Analysis, Vineyard Ranch, Yuba County, CA, for Ecoanalysts, March 1991
  • Air Quality Analysis, Valley View Estates, Yuba County, CA, for Ecoanalysts, March 1991
  • Maps for the Land Use Element of the Redding General Plan (with Peter Crosbie), for the City of Redding, CA, October, 1990
  • Acoustical and Air Quality Analysis for Evora Road Improvements, Contra Costa, CA, October 1991
  • Acoustical and Air Quality Analysis, "Rockridge Bart Station and Parking Expansion and Join Development," for Bay Area Rapid Transit District, August 1990
  • Specific Plan for the Development of the Placer Ranch, Lincoln, CA, for Y.C.S. Investments, Inc., San Francisco and Hong Kong, August 1990
  • Plan for Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project, South Lake Tahoe (with Roger Lederer), for the City of South Lake Tahoe, July 1990
  • Traffic Study for Alpine County (with Gail Coensgen and Julie Cunningham), June 1990
  • Acoustical and Air Quality Analysis for Livorna Road Improvements, Contra Costa County, CA, February 1990
  • Acoustical and Air Quality Analysis, Rezoning and Annexation for the Maritime Business Park, for the City of Martinez, CA, February 1990
  • Noise and Air Quality Assessment for Tower Park Marina, San Joaquin County, December 1988
  • Noise Assessment for Proposed New Jail Facilities, Alameda County, CA, November 1988
  • Air Quality Analysis for Martinez School Site, A and M Homes, City of Martinez, CA, October 1988
  • Biological Resources Mitigation Plan for The Ridge Development, Hayward, CA, November 1988
  • FHWA Air Quality and Noise Study for Road Intersection Improvements in the City of Pleasant Hill, CA, October 1988